Expansionists Game

[snoopy369]

The Arabic History Channel ... the history of the faithful, since 1200!

The valiant defenders defeated, all that was left was a last push against the barbarians near New Basra who had razed one town already. Unfortunately, although the odds were in the favor of the valiant Arabian forces, the Russian barbarians and their elite spearmen held strong and defeated both attacks.

Cavalry outside Rostov crushed two Russian spearmen in retaliation, and captured a worker near Moscow, who will be pressed into road building.

Yakutsk fell after forcing one modern cavalry into retreat by the followup attack of an ancient cavalry, who killed the lone defending warrior without taking any damage.

On the north front, Tver fell with no shots fired, as did a worker outside, who will be pressed into service as yet another road builder. A warrior outside was nearly tripped over by the cavalry on the way in. Another warrior, in a large group of warriors, was selectively destroyed by a patrolling cavalryman outside Hama.

1925 saw some action, but mostly it saw behind-the-scenes transporting military forces into the right positions for future action. Will 1926 see the crucial action? Only time will tell ...

[Wittlich]

And 1926 AD Turn sent to Gramps.

[Grandpa Troll]

Battle Reprots! Attttt (10)[ten] SHUN!

1926 back to snoopy

Ok

Battle weary reporters share of how the spear-chuckers battle Great Balls of Fire from Long iron sticks

we fought hard

we fought brave

our Medicine Man told us to mix a magic potion

when we drink we will sleep and when we awake..

ugh....he never told us what will happen then

[Wittlich]

It looks like Gramps promised battle report is NOT a battle report after all.....I'm guessing that Gramps just doesn't "do" battle reports...

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Wittlich
It looks like Gramps promised battle report is NOT a battle report after all.....I'm guessing that Gramps just doesn't "do" battle reports...

Well here is my take on what a Battle Report does is tells of action some people detail and some read them details to tell of where the weak link is so they may attack

I have complied with the court order to the best of my abilities

[snoopy369]

The battle report is intended to fix a bug in civ3 pbems - the fact that you can't see who attacked you. Assuming all players involved are honest, it fixes this without any disadvantage to any player. You are simply, in words, explaining what combat actions occurred that turn, so the other player understands why his pieces are suddenly missing.

It also plays a role in ensuring all players feel the game was fairly played; there have been in other games accusations of unfair play via reloading for maximum dice roll chances etc, and combat reporting makes it obvious that this hasn't happened; often the losing player will feel that they have lost a war through massively poor odds, which clearly feels like cheating, but when they see that the other player just won by strategy and numbers - they can't complain.

Check the link in Rommel's sig for the Iron Civer rules for an explanation of combat reporting and the different types. As this isn't a terribly serious game, we would do level 2, presumably.

[snoopy369]

1926: The Year of Novgorod...

1926 saw a great battle outside the city of Novgorod, with many cavalry and spearmen meeting in battle:
A 4/4 veteran cavalry fought a 4/4 spearman and won, earning a medal and a promotion to 4/5... also missed by an archer during that attack.
A 4/4 cavalry lost to a 4/4 spearman (?), leaving a measly 1hp on that spearman.
A 5/5 veteran Ancient Cavalry beat a 4/4 spearman, with 4/5 hp remaining.
A 4/4 veteran Cavalry beat a 3/3 spearman, earning a promotion to Elite and 3/5 remaining.
A 4/4 veteran Cavalry beat a 3/3 spearman, with only one hp lost.
A 4/4 veteran Cavalry beat a 4/4 archer, with no hp lost.

The Battle of Moscow was surprisingly short. A 4/4 cavalry conquered the lone warrior defending the Russian capital, with a well-earned promotion in the mix for the now 4/5 cavalry and capturing the great library ...
A 4/4 cavalry defeated a 3/3 warrior on the way to Moscow, without losing a hp.
Another 4/4 cavalry repeated the feat, losing no hp killing a 3/3 warrior.

Near Yakutsk, a worker was captured by a cavalry.

Yaroslavl and Murmansk were captured by cavalry with no fight.

A 5/5 cavalry provided beat a 3/3 warrior near Emar, 4/5 left.

Near Arkhangelsk:
- a 3/3 longbowman beat a 3/3 spearman, and got a promotion, 4/4.
- a 4/5 ansar warrior beat a 3/3 spearman, 2/5 remaining
- a 4/4 ansar warrior beat a 3/3 spearman, 1/4 remaining

And such ended the year 1926, with one massive battle over Novgorod, another threatening outside Arkhangelsk, and the capital of Mother Russia captured by the brave Arab faithful.

[Wittlich]

No combat to report from the Portugese.

1927 AD Turn sent to Gramps.

[Grandpa Troll]

Expansionists 1927 A D

Here is the Battle report:


Ok

so as Snoopy wont get confused with all me little brown people runing around his sand-colored fellas

9 warriors apparent attack value of 1 against a crazed Jihad at Arkangelsk all lost

4 spearmen and 1 warrior lost at the third battle of Novgorod

Bloody shame ya know

some Camel Jockey
was walking around neighborhood and was overheard with some jobberish about towel and turban stands and about being a great location fer taxi stands..

I was really confused and so were my people whom started rioting and running and burning and pillaging

why it looked like something that would happen in Los Angelas not a peaceful little neighborhood like we got here..

Turn to Snoopy and his gang of Camel Jockeys

[snoopy369]

The battle near New Fustat, between a 4/4 ansar warrior and a 4/4 spearman, ended with a 2/4 ansar warrior dancing around on the spearman's shield. Probably not a good idea given the 2 spearman and 1 warrior standing right next to him

The newly created Army of Ummar was able to clean up after the battle of Arkhangelsk, defeating the 3/3 warrior and the 1/4 spearman without losing a point.

The Battle Of Orenburg
... consisted of a 3/5 cavalry killing a 4/4 archer, and then a 4/4 cavalry taking the city, and destroying the Russian empire.

Well played, Grandpa, you just never had the resources to counter me (particularly the iron, iron in this game was weird)... you did more damage than I thought you would. Attacking with spearman stacks

(Although you can ask Akulla about my attempt to do the same thing, in our Rome game. 30+ of the macedonian UU - 3/3 - against a roman city with /4 and /5 defenders. Total failure, didn't kill a unit.

Bah. )

To wittlich.

[Grandpa Troll]

was fun

another game another day

I learned a lot and will use it in present and future games

Gramps da dead one

[Wittlich]

Well played Snoopy.

The game is definately yours...on that note, Portugal decides to join the Arabian Empire.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Wittlich
Well played Snoopy.

The game is definately yours...on that note, Portugal decides to join the Arabian Empire.

Just in time too - 500 posts Thanks Wittlich btw for being a great ally. I couldn't have done it without you. :sniff: And to my fans ... and my agent ...